Commentary for II Samuel 18:3
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר הָעָ֜ם לֹ֣א תֵצֵ֗א כִּי֩ אִם־נֹ֨ס נָנ֜וּס לֹא־יָשִׂ֧ימוּ אֵלֵ֣ינוּ לֵ֗ב וְאִם־יָמֻ֤תוּ חֶצְיֵ֙נוּ֙ לֹֽא־יָשִׂ֤ימוּ אֵלֵ֙ינוּ֙ לֵ֔ב כִּֽי־עַתָּ֥ה כָמֹ֖נוּ עֲשָׂרָ֣ה אֲלָפִ֑ים וְעַתָּ֣ה ט֔וֹב כִּי־תִֽהְיֶה־לָּ֥נוּ מֵעִ֖יר לעזיר [לַעְזֽוֹר׃] (ס)
But the people said: ‘Thou shalt not go forth; for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us; but thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that thou be ready to succour us out of the city.’
Rashi on II Samuel
They will not pay us any attention. It will not be important in their eyes to overpower and to boast [[victoriously] now that you are not in the war.
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Rashi on II Samuel
Because now. While you are in your glory [uncaptured] you are as important as all of us [together].
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Rashi on II Samuel
Ten thousand. Like us ten thousand men.
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Rashi on II Samuel
If you help us from the city. [Yonoson translates:] "It will be better if you pray for us from the city for help.
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